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MSU consolidates Title IX protections for pregnant students and employees

Emilio Perez Ibarguen

February 21, 2024

MSU’s Office for Civil Rights and Title IX Education and Compliance introduced a new policy outlining protections for students and employees who are pregnant, experiencing childbirth or pregnancy-related conditions, or are parents. Qualifying students who request accommodations can be granted periodic absences from class, extensions on assignments and can take breaks from class to express milk.

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Social media tips weren’t reviewed during MSU shooting due to “concerning” policy

Theo Scheer

February 21, 2024

Due to an outdated policy, tips submitted through social media weren’t reviewed in real-time during the shooting, according to an outside review that was never released publicly. That’s now been changed.

SOCIAL JUSTICE

MSU professor explores reproductive justice, dreams in new project

Theo Scheer

February 19, 2024

Dr. LeConté Dill, an associate chair and professor in Michigan State University’s Department of African American and African Studies, is embarking on a dream-inspired play about Black motherhood.

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Martha Brill Olcott, leading scholar in central-Asia and post-Soviet politics, dies at 74

Jack Williams

February 16, 2024

Martha Brill Olcott, 74, a professor in the James Madison College, died on Feb. 5 in her home surrounded by family. Olcott was a leading scholar with a breadth of knowledge and involvement in nationality issues in Central Asia and the USSR as well as Muslim studies.

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Associated Students of MSU reform presidential elections, advocate for student input in Berkey Hall decisions

Kaspar Haehnle

February 16, 2024

The Associated Students of MSU voted in favor of a popular voting system that would allow MSU students to vote for the student body president, the East Lansing City Council adopting a ceasefire resolution to the Israel-Hamas war, and student involvement in the Berkey Hall decision making process at last night's general assembly meeting.  

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Students are demanding divestment, but MSU says doing so isn’t practical

Alex Walters  and  Owen McCarthy

February 16, 2024

If MSU wanted to act on their demands, a complex web of outside asset managers and contractually-bound investments would put the university in a bind – without much control over its own endowment.

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MSU already spent over $500k on investigation into allegations of board chair misconduct

Theo Scheer

February 15, 2024

An outside investigation into allegations that board chair Rema Vassar violated board bylaws and university policies has cost Michigan State University $500,669.98 as of Nov. 30 2023.

EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT

MSU libraries participate in Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon in efforts to transcribe historical letters

Kaspar Haehnle

February 15, 2024

MSU libraries hosted a Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon event in an effort to bring together community to transcribing written letters to Frederick Douglass.

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'Unapologetically ourselves': Asian Pacific American Student Organization to host 21st Cultural Vogue this weekend

Lauren Coin

February 15, 2024

Michigan State University’s Asian Pacific American Student Organization is hosting its 21st annual Cultural Vogue at the Wharton Center this Saturday, Feb. 17.

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MSU community gathers to reflect on one-year anniversary of campus shooting at remembrance event

Demonte Thomas

February 14, 2024

The MSU community came together for a remembrance gathering last night to reflect on the one-year anniversary of the Feb. 13, 2023 campus mass shooting that killed three students, injured five students, and continues to affect the community. 

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'She was an experience': Arielle Anderson's family remembers her selflessness, dedication

Alex Walters

February 13, 2024

Arielle Anderson’s family sat down with The State News to talk about their beloved daughter, niece, and granddaughter. They spoke about her with measureless admiration, often in present tense.

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For MSU professor who witnessed campus shooting, joy paves the road to healing

Amalia Medina

February 13, 2024

Everything that grounds Marco Díaz Muñoz — hibiscus in the backyard, leaves changing colors, memories of childhood, brushstrokes on canvas, quiet churches, and teaching — brings him joy. And that is how he heals from the day that changed his life forever. 

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MSU students decorate luminary displays for one-year anniversary of campus shooting

Emilio Perez Ibarguen

February 12, 2024

MSU students gathered at the Breslin Center Monday evening to pick up and decorate memorial luminaries in preparation for the one-year anniversary of the Feb. 13 campus shooting. Students said a sense of community and solidarity among students is important as the campus observes the anniversary this week.

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The Spartan Strong Fund: Where the money has gone so far

Owen McCarthy

February 12, 2024

In the wake of the Feb. 13, 2023 shooting, Michigan State University received calls from community members asking how they could provide monetary support to those most impacted. In response, MSU established the Spartan Strong Fund, which raised $2 million. Here's where that money has gone so far.

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Spartan Upcycle Fridays encourage sustainability, community

Lauren Coin

February 12, 2024

Michigan State University’s Surplus Store and Recycling Center hosted a DIY valentines and silly stuffed creatures event on Friday. The event was in part of its bimonthly Spartan Upcycle Friday program, which is free to all MSU students.

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MSU Museum preserves items from memorials created in wake of campus shooting

Emilio Perez Ibarguen

February 11, 2024

In the weeks following the Feb. 13, 2023 shooting on MSU's campus, the MSU Museum began the process of preserving, digitizing, and archiving the thousands of items that were left at memorial sites across campus. From handwritten notes to stuffed animals, the museum plans to add all memorial items to its Cultural Collection, which will likely take another year to complete.

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MSU Latinx Film Festival set to highlight important topics, celebrate culture

Kaspar Haehnle

February 10, 2024

The festival is set to bring many topics to the table, like gun violence and immigration, while also bringing the cultures of different Latin American countries to the theater seats of MSU and East Lansing.

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Seven additional individuals charged in connection to 2021 MSU fraternity hazing death

Owen McCarthy

February 9, 2024

Seven additional individuals have been charged with hazing resulting in death after Phat Nguyen, an MSU business college student died of alcohol intoxication in 2021 at a welcome event at the now-disbanded Pi Alpha Phi fraternity.

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MSU's secret steam tunnels reveal hidden history beneath our feet

Theo Scheer

February 8, 2024

The university has taken great steps to draw attention away from what’s beneath campus’ surface. But despite its efforts, intrigue and a lack of security has kept the student body talking about — and sometimes entering — the world below their feet for decades.

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'I'm tired': ASMSU vice president of academic affairs resigns due to marginalization, isolation

Kaspar Haehnle  and  Jack Williams

February 7, 2024

"This is not a welcoming place of work and has not been for the three years I've been involved," Alissa Hakim wrote in the letter. "I am so appreciative of all the opportunities I've been granted and for all the relationships I’ve built, but it's not enough. I'm tired. I'm drained. This isn't one of those jobs where you pour from your cup and others pour back. It's a job where you have to work for everyone, even people that look at you as a monster."